Step platform and ball hitch assembly
OwnerWade Ericksoninventor
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Abstract
A step platform assembly for attachment to a vehicle hitch assembly is disclosed. The platform assembly includes a planar step platform member rigidly fastened to a coplanar linear step support member having an aperture adjacent a step support member end opposite the step platform member. The aperture contains a bushing member with the planar step platform member and step support member assembly adapted for rotatable connection to the hitch assembly by a fastener there between. A locking system is present for selectively securing the step platform member and linear step support member either beneath a vehicle body or exterior a vehicle body.
Claims12
A step platform assembly adapted for attachment to a hitch assembly comprising;
- (a) a planar step platform member rigidly fastened to a coplanar linear step support member having an aperture adjacent a step support member end opposite the step platform member, the aperture containing a bushing member therein, said planar step platform member and step support member assembly adapted for rotatable connection to the hitch assembly by a fastener means there between, the fastener means comprising a ball with threaded stem and nut fastener, the stem insertable in an aperture in the hitch assembly and in said step support member aperture containing a bushing member;
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- (b) locking means for selectively securing said step platform member and linear step support member in a first orientation beneath a vehicle body and in a second orientation exterior the vehicle body.
A step platform and hitch assembly comprising;
- (a) a square tubular support member adapted for insertion into a receiver hitch bracket on a vehicle body;
- (b) a hitch connector member rigidly secured to one end of the tubular support member at an angle thereto, the hitch connector member having an end section opposite the tubular support member, the end section oriented parallel to the tubular support member, the end section having an aperture therein;
- (c) a planar step platform member rigidly fastened to a coplanar step support member having an aperture adjacent a step support member end opposite the step platform member, the aperture containing a bushing member therein;
- (d) fastener means insertable into said hitch connector member aperture and said step support member aperture, thereby rotatably connecting said step platform member and step support member to said hitch connector member and tubular support member;
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- (e) locking means for selectively securing said step platform member and step support member in a first orientation beneath the vehicle body and in a second orientation exterior the vehicle body.
A step platform and hitch assembly comprising;
- (a) a square tubular support member adapted for insertion into a receiver hitch bracket on a vehicle body;
- (b) a hitch connector member rigidly secured to one end of the tubular support member at an angle thereto, the hitch connector member having an end section opposite the tubular support member, the end section oriented parallel to the tubular support member, the end section having an aperture therein;
- (c) a planar step platform member rigidly fastened to a coplanar step support member having an aperture adjacent a step support member end opposite the step platform member, the aperture containing a bushing member therein;
- (d) a threaded ball hitch and nut connector assembly insertable into said hitch connector member aperture and said step support member aperture, thereby rotatably connecting said step platform member and step support member to said connector member and tubular support member;
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- (e) locking means for selectively securing said step platform member and step support connector member in a first orientation beneath the vehicle body and in a second orientation exterior the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.